Light Table for Editing Digital Media

• US 20100169777A1
• Filed: 07/02/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: WEBER, Ralf, Diaconu, Adrian
• Granted Patent: US 8,621,357 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/50 of still image data
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A system in accordance with the present invention may include one or more processors, memory that receives instructions from the one or more processors according to a clock operating at a frequency, one or more programs stored in the memory, with instructions to: access media content, wherein the media content is associated with meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data; couple certain of the media content to a style; and, organize the coupled certain of the media content according to the style and the meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for authoring media presentations, comprising:

accessing media content, wherein the media content is associated with meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data;

coupling certain of the media content to a style; and

organizing the coupled certain of the media content according to the style and the meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising the step of presenting the organized certain of the media content.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the media content comprises an image, video, or audio.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the style determines the behavior of the coupled certain of the media content.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data determine the relation among the media content.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the organizing step comprises the step of creating a stack of the certain media content.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein each of the certain of the media content of the stack comprises additional meta data.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the additional meta data comprises relation data.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the additional meta data is for organizing or managing the certain media content of the stack.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the presenting step comprises the step of displaying the organized certain of the media content using a graphical user interface.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a light table.

12. A system, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory;

one or more programs stored in memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions to;

access media content, wherein the media content is associated with meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data;

couple certain of the media content to a style; and

organize the coupled certain of the media content according to the style and the meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising the instruction to present the organized certain of the media content.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the media content comprises an image, video, or audio.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the style determines the behavior of the coupled certain of the media content.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data determine the relation among the media content.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the organize instruction comprises the instruction to create a stack of the certain media content.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein each of the certain of the media content of the stack comprises additional meta data.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the additional meta data comprises relation data.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the additional meta data is to organize or manage the certain media content of the stack.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the present instruction comprises the instruction to display the organized certain of the media content using a graphical user interface.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a light table.

23. A computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:

access media content, wherein the media content is associated with meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data;

couple certain of the media content to a style; and

organize the coupled certain of the media content according to the style and the meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data.